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Old 22-01-2016, 10:36
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I'm guessing they're counting South America as a continent.

There was a previous discussion about what definition/system is used for questions like this as it can make the question ambiguous or an seemingly correct answer deemed incorrect if the quiz is using the 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 system.
Well hopefully as that is the answer I came up with, and that is despite me always been taught that America is just one continent
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Old 22-01-2016, 10:54
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From yesterday's episode of For What It's Worth

Fern Britton:Who was the 1st man in space?
Contestant:Lance Armstrong
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Old 22-01-2016, 11:48
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From school, we were always taught that there are 7 continents and that North America and South America are two separate ones, so South America could be the only answer.
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Old 22-01-2016, 14:03
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On Tipping Point just now:

Q: What is the only continent that contains all five vowels in its name?

A: Indonesia
America, Europe, Asia, Australasia, Africa. Antarctica. ? none of them.?
From school, we were always taught that there are 7 continents and that North America and South America are two separate ones, so South America could be the only answer.
Yes pad-e in UK schools it is standard that the 7 continents system is taught (as has been covered in this thread). Some parts of the world think of The Americas as one continent but not here. And given that we are here I am surprised there is so much confusion. Unless you were taught in another country you should think of North and South America as separate continents.

As for the answer it took me a bit of thinking to get it so if I were to get it on a show it would require luck.
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Old 22-01-2016, 14:18
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A few years ago there was a question which went a bit viral, and appeared in a quiz I was in.

"The name of which city is used for a town or city on every continent"

Apparently the answer is
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Old 22-01-2016, 14:35
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A few years ago there was a question which went a bit viral, and appeared in a quiz I was in.

"The name of which city is used for a town or city on every continent"

Apparently the answer is
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Meaning that there are towns or cities called Rome in every continent? But what a confusing way to put a question. I can't imagine anyone getting it right.
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Old 22-01-2016, 14:37
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Meaning that there are towns or cities called Rome in every continent? But what a confusing way to put a question. I can't imagine anyone getting it right.
I would have thought it would also be a bit of a nightmare to prove for certain.
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Old 22-01-2016, 14:48
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A few years ago there was a question which went a bit viral, and appeared in a quiz I was in.

"The name of which city is used for a town or city on every continent"

Apparently the answer is
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Interesting. I think Kingstown must be close too. There are certainly places called that on a few continents. Maybe something like Georgetown might have quite a few also.
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Old 22-01-2016, 15:36
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So it's a dumb question as well as a dumb answer.
No not really, the standard 7 continent model has South America as a continent as does the most common 6 continent model that combine Europe and Asia - the French use a 6 continent model that combines North and South America.

We are in the UK so this was a sensible question, it was the answer that was dumb.
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Old 22-01-2016, 15:38
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Well hopefully as that is the answer I came up with, and that is despite me always been taught that America is just one continent
Where did you go to school? This is not the model used in the UK which has separate North and South American continents? I've lived here 60 years and can never remember them being combine into one in general use, the combined model being an alternative of academic interest.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:21
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Interesting. I think Kingstown must be close too. There are certainly places called that on a few continents. Maybe something like Georgetown might have quite a few also.
And Newtown - USA, Guyana, India, Australia, South Africa, UK (not found one in Antarctica though).
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Old 22-01-2016, 19:34
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From school, we were always taught that there are 7 continents and that North America and South America are two separate ones, so South America could be the only answer.
Not when I went to school in the 50s and 60s, only 5,.... there are only 5 Olympic Rings, one for each continent.
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Old 22-01-2016, 19:38
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A few years ago there was a question which went a bit viral, and appeared in a quiz I was in.

"The name of which city is used for a town or city on every continent"

Apparently the answer is
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But Antarctica and Australasia are different continents. So it is the fact that it's a stupid incorrect question that caused it to go viral?
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Old 22-01-2016, 19:52
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Not when I went to school in the 50s and 60s, only 5,.... there are only 5 Olympic Rings, one for each continent.
The ring represents the Americas (plural). Nowhere have I ever seen them described as one continent.

Also Antarctica is a continent. It is not represented by a ring as there isn't a permanent human settlement apart from science bases.
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Old 22-01-2016, 20:35
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But Antarctica and Australasia are different continents. So it is the fact that it's a stupid incorrect question that caused it to go viral?
Got my 'is' and 'it' round the wrong way there. It was meant to be a question, not a statement.
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Old 22-01-2016, 21:22
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I would have thought it would also be a bit of a nightmare to prove for certain.
You'd only have to find one on each continent. I'm not going to, though.
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Old 22-01-2016, 21:23
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From school, we were always taught that there are 7 continents and that North America and South America are two separate ones, so South America could be the only answer.
Since there is no alternative, and there has to be one, it must be the answer.
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Old 22-01-2016, 23:08
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But Antarctica and Australasia are different continents. So it is the fact that it's a stupid incorrect question that caused it to go viral?
I was referring to the stupidity of the 'official' answer.
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Old 22-01-2016, 23:10
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No not really, the standard 7 continent model has South America as a continent as does the most common 6 continent model that combine Europe and Asia - the French use a 6 continent model that combines North and South America.

We are in the UK so this was a sensible question, it was the answer that was dumb.
I think you are stretching it a bit to call the 7 continent model the standard. It is one of several. The fact there are different conventions in use makes the question potentially unanswerable.

Whatever people were taught in our schools, the Olympic rings confuse things because people also "know" that each ring symbolises a continent. Five does not allow for North and South America to be separate.
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Old 22-01-2016, 23:13
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And Newtown - USA, Guyana, India, Australia, South Africa, UK (not found one in Antarctica though).
Good job. While Antarctica is still missing, that shows that Rome/Roma is not the only answer. Although it seems there probably is no city/town name on all continents after all.
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Old 22-01-2016, 23:29
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You'd only have to find one on each continent. I'm not going to, though.
I was referring to proving that Rome was the only name to be common to all the continents (which was the inference of the question) - that would be a considerably more onerous task.
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Old 23-01-2016, 00:19
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I was referring to proving that Rome was the only name to be common to all the continents (which was the inference of the question) - that would be a considerably more onerous task.
The question as stated doesn't imply it's the only one.
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Old 23-01-2016, 00:25
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The question as stated doesn't imply it's the only one.
Well, I think it does to be honest, otherwise it would say something like "Name any town or city name that occurs in every continent", which would be a bit of a non-question...
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Old 23-01-2016, 00:40
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I wasn't watching it, another TV had it on, i think from Thursday Nights Pointless, question;
Who was the caped crusader?
Answer given was, Superman.
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Old 23-01-2016, 00:45
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I wasn't watching it, another TV had it on, i think from Thursday Nights Pointless, question;
Who was the caped crusader?
Answer given was, Superman.
I'm guessing then it's Batman? Doesn't at all seem a stupid answer to be honest, I'd have to look that one up to be absolutely sure. "Gordon the Gopher" would be a stupid answer...
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